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Post by blistex on Aug 30, 2004 4:48:49 GMT 1
What's the story with these tracks? Did they not get on well enough to do a whole album? What did SAW say about Toy and vice versa?
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Post by latifaheaston on Aug 30, 2004 12:30:05 GMT 1
I think Pete Waterman answers questions on his site, you could ask him for us.
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Post by thorsten on Aug 30, 2004 13:09:04 GMT 1
I think the reason why SAW didn't produce a whole album for was that Teldec (her former record label) wanted to create an album that was for the European audience (hence the B-side) and an album for the US audience (hence the A side).
As far as I know the SAW single didn't even get released in the US. They teamed her up with Full Force for the American market because they had created a huge smash hit for Samantha Fox with "Naughty girls" in the previous year.
I think the 1988 "LaToya" album was an expensive and great production. All of the tracks are great in my opinion with the SAW tracks ranking among the best. Personally I would HAVE LOVED to see a SAW-LaToya-album and I'm sure one of those singles would have gone to No.1 sooner or later!
Mike once said that recording with LaToya was difficult because they had to turn up her voice sooo loud that it was difficult with all the equipment. She still sounds fabulous on their tracks!
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Shellshock
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Post by Shellshock on Aug 30, 2004 14:07:25 GMT 1
What tracks did SAW do, apart from "Just Say No"?
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Post by latifaheaston on Aug 30, 2004 15:46:51 GMT 1
Tell Me She Means Nothing To You
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Ain't Nobody Loves You Like I Do
are SAW, they didn't give her their best IMO.
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Post by thorsten on Aug 30, 2004 22:03:42 GMT 1
Do you think so Latifah?
I've always found that especially "Like I Do" was a major killer song. They didn't even use their trademark sound that they used for anyone else. I've always assumed that because she was a Jackson they were probably very keen on working with her and therefore creating somethingt "different" that could have established as the laToya-sound back then in 1987.
Did you know that "Like I Do" made it to No.17 on the German DJ charts?
And "Tell me" was meant as a B-side and I think it was pretty good material for a B-side as well. So I cannot say anything bad about these tracks.
I still think that "Like I Do" is one of Toy's best song up until today.
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Post by latifaheaston on Aug 30, 2004 22:21:31 GMT 1
They aren't bad but SAW did a lot of songs that were better.
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Post by James on Aug 31, 2004 11:14:36 GMT 1
I never really like the LaToya album. I haven't got many of her full albums but its easily the weakest i've heard.Her first album is my fave ;D
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Post by ublew on Sept 3, 2004 12:03:00 GMT 1
I agree the first album is a post-disco classic! the "LaToya" album is good too.. Personally, I prefer the StreetToy side to the EuroToy side, but that's just me.. but I like the SAW tracks nonetheless.. I read somewhere that LaToya walked out on one of her sessions with them, I wish it had said more...I guess she didn't like the way they worked in the studio, which is understandable, as their productions weren't "collaborations" as much as they were all SAW records featuring whatever singer happened to be hanging around....
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Post by thorsten on Sept 3, 2004 12:55:57 GMT 1
As I am currently reading Pete Waterman's book (I'm afraid he doesn't mention her although there is a photo of SAW together with Toy) and it seems many singers left the studio. Kylie Minogue for example and it was said that Pete tortured Mandy Smith so much that she even began to cry.
I would love to have more details about the collaboration between Toy and SAW. They made her sound fanastic... they surely knew how to record vocals!!
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